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TheConsciousMind
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PHILOSOPHYOFMINDSERIES
SeriesEditor:OwenFlanagan,DukeUniversity
SELFEXPRESSIONS
Mind,Morals,andtheMeaningofLife
OwenFlanagan
DECONSTRUCTINGTHEMIND
THECONSCIOUSMIND
InSearchofaFundamentalTheory
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TheConsciousMind
InSearchofaFundamentalTheory
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Chalmers, David John
The conscious mind : in search of a fundamental theory
p. cm. (Philosophy of mind series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-510553-2
1. Philosophy of mind. 2. Consciousness. 3. Mind and body.
4. Dualism. I. Title. II. Series.
1996
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Ifirstbecameexcitedbyconsciousnessandthemind-bodyproblemasanundergraduatestudyingmathematics
,especiallyPaulBarter,JonBaxter,Ben
Hambly,ann,,thesubjectseemedaboutasfascinatingaproblem
-timethinkingabout
somethingthatwassomuchfun.
Later,asagraduatestudentatOxford,upyingmythoughtswhere
mathematicsshouldhavebeen,